A math teacher recently became the top female Scrabble champion in the UK—scoring 1,000 points more than her opponents. Natalie Zolty outsmarted scrabble grandmaster Gary Oliver to claim the top spot ...

Editor Alex Nunes recently announced revival of the Sun’s editorial page — a local forum in which we can discuss important and contentious issues. This is an excellent idea. The forum, if successful, ...

Pennsylvania residents are being told that rising electricity costs are partly driven by the massive power demands of data centers and other high-volume users. If that is true, then the way ...

The LNP | LancasterOnline Opinion department publishes reader letters in both the newspaper and online on Wednesdays and Sundays. On the other five days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, ...

St. Paul officials sent a cease-and-desist letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to prevent them from using municipal parking lots to stage immigration enforcement operations. The letter ...

A single English verb carries more definitions than any other in the language. Lexicographers have confirmed that the word 'Run' holds 645 distinct meanings in the Oxford English Dictionary’s upcoming ...

In late 2021, as the housing market overheated and the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hovered near zero, Tony Yang found an unconventional way to fund his down payment. He logged into his ...

Back in June, a law was enacted to prohibit use of handheld electronics (cellphones) while driving. It’s called Paul Miller’s Law. As someone who does a lot of driving in the Lehigh Valley, I’ve ...

Editor’s note: Students at SUNY Upstate Medical University are learning more than how to be doctors, researchers and public health experts. They also are acquiring skills to advocate for their ...

Last month, I spent a weekend in Clay County, perched on a ladder stand, looking for an unfortunate Minnesota deer. A hyperactive squirrel entertained me as my mind rolled with disconnected thoughts.